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Read time – 2 minutes As I stood in line wondering what I was going to make for dinner, the cashier said, “That’s nice, where did you get it?” I looked down to see her pointing at my bracelet glimmering in the bright shop light. Bought on my recent trip to Morocco, I had been...
Read MoreRead time – 2 minutes The BBC spoils us with their visual spectaculars of the Earth’s wildest continent: Africa. Narrated by Attenborough, this is a steady supply of groundbreaking footage. From introducing us to new species, uncovering previously unseen animal behaviour and shedding light on some of the most remote parts of Africa, these documentaries...
Read MoreWinding between the jagged spires of the French Pyrenees before threading its way west across Northern Spain to the Atlantic Coast, the Camino de Santiago is well and truly scuffed by the footprints of time. The Camino de Frances, The Way of St James, El Camino de Santiago, or simply The Way, this historic trail...
Read MoreMaglic Mountain is the highest peak in Bosnia & Herzegovina, overlooking neighbouring Montenegro. Five-time Exodus traveller Terry Mullan set out on foot to discover this beautiful, though sometimes overlooked, Balkan country… Hikers on Maglic In November 1993 I sat at home and watched on the BBC evening news as the Old Bridge in Mostar crumbled into...
Read MoreRead time – 2 minutes As we flew into sleek, space-age Beijing Airport, I was eager for a taste of everything China had to offer. In my world this is the perfect type of travel – you arrive starving, have enough time to delight in the nuanced flavours of each region, and digest the atmosphere,...
Read MoreRead time – 3 minutes The thing about winter in the UK is that it is cold. Freezing cold. On the spur of the moment after trudging through the snow to my office I booked A Week in Jordan. It sounded so perfect. Only five hours away from the UK, yet 15 degrees warmer. Jordan...
Read MoreRead time – 2 minutes Cycling brings you much closer to the action than sitting on a bus looking through a window and in Southern India, there is no shortage of action along high streets, back-roads, highways and backwaters. Kerala Highlights Although there were many, the main highlight for me was the incredible climb up...
Read MoreRead time – 2 minutes The mist filled the hill-folds like honeyed candy-floss, its ethereal softness tinged golden by the rising sun. It wasn’t even 6 am and our van was, it seemed, the only vehicle on Yellowstone’s Grand Loop Road. The only vehicle, yes – but not the only thing. “Bison!” A huge male...
Read MoreRead time – 3 minutes Over the past two weeks, I have journeyed through three countries on an Exodus overland truck. It had hauled its way up and over a volcanic national park, carefully negotiated primitive hillside roads, slalomed perpetual potholes and weaved around myopic cattle. I have sat beside a family of mountain gorillas,...
Read MoreRead time – 4 minutes There was a sticky area on the white dusted top, a treacherous crust and the sides crumbled easily. But enough of the chocolate cake. High altitude trekking in Ladakh shouldn’t just be about food, but somehow the rarefied air heightens one’s appetite and as ever food eaten after exertion, especially alpine food...
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